o f Christianity Part 6 Enthusiasm amp Doubt The story so far Jewish gt Christian identity shift Formation through persecution Institutionalization First signs of official public role Crusades have mixed results ID: 777897
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AnAbsurdlyShortHistoryofChristianityPart 6Enthusiasm & Doubt
Slide2The story so farJewish -> Christian identity shiftFormation through persecutionInstitutionalizationFirst signs of official public role
Crusades have mixed resultsEast/West unity disruptedChurch practices draw criticism
Politicians resist Church influence
Deism and agnosticism rise
Renewal breeds denominationsThe Church wrestles with scienceWars lead to confusion
Protest leads to schism
All sides work on doctrine
First signs of pluralism
State starts to get the upper hand
Church wrestles with ideas
Conciliar decision-making
First cracks in unity
Birth of Islam
Slide3Where we left off
Slide4Precedents1910MissionaryCongress(Protestant)
Patriarch
Germanos
1920 Letter
Slide5World Council of Churches (1948)
Slide6World Council of Churches (1948)Most OrthodoxAnglicansMany ProtestantsSome Pentecostal ChurchesSome Baptist ChurchesSome Independent ChurchesBut not the Roman Catholic Church
Slide7Decolonization decouples state and church
Slide8Christians in AfricaMillions
Slide9AfricanChristianity
Slide10The 1950s bring full churches…
Slide11…and the beginning of social changes
Slide12RabbiAbrahamJoshuaHeschel
Clergy
out infront
Slide13EpiscopaliansClergyout infront
Slide14Anti-war movement
Slide15Anti-war movementThe Berrigan brothers
Slide16Ordination of women1853UCC
1863
Unitarian
1876
American
Baptist
1919
Pentecostal
Church of God
1935
Assemblies
Of God
1948
AME
1956
United
Methodist
&
Presbyterian
Church USA
1970
ELCA
1974
ECUSA
m
id-1600s
Quaker
Slide17Ordination of women?
Roman Catholic Eastern Orthodox
Southern BaptistLutheran – Missouri SynodSome non-denominational
Slide18The clergy may lead……but do the people follow?
Slide19Meanwhile, back in Rome…
Slide20Second Vatican Council (1962-1965)
Slide21Second Vatican Council (1962-1965)Internal changesMass in the vernacularSimplified liturgical calendarCelebration versus populum or ad orientamRevision of the Missal
Broadening of standards for modern expressions in music and art (vestments, statuary)
Slide22Second Vatican Council (1962-1965)Sacrosanctam ConciliumLiturgical changes
Slide23Second Vatican Council (1962-1965)Lumen Gentium“Nevertheless, many elements of sanctification and of truth are found outside [the RomanCatholic Church’s] visible confines.”Opened the door to ecumenism
Fiercely contested by traditionalists
Slide24Second Vatican Council (1962-1965)Dei VerbumChanged the Church’s position on historicalcriticism of scriptureAcknowledged that some books of the Bible maynot have been written by the authors named bytradition
Slide25Second Vatican Council (1962-1965)Gaudium et SpesRecognized the growing modern roles of civilsociety and scienceAcknowledged that people outside the Churchwere also working for worthy goals, ande
ncouraged dialog on social issuesCalled for greater social and economic justice
Slide26What many Catholics actually saw
Slide27What many Catholics actually saw
Slide28New ideas lead to new ideas
Slide29New ideas lead to new ideasLiberation theology Mainly Catholic, but others too Mainly Latin America, but elsewhere too Focuses on liberation of the oppressed Sometimes sees the Church hierarchy as part of the oppressing class Accused at times of Marxist leanings
Slide30New ideas lead to new ideasLiberation theology Faith is not limited to affirming the existence of God. No, faith tells us that God loves us and demands a loving response. This response is given
through love for human beings, and that is what
we mean by a commitment to God and to our
neighbor. Fr Gustavo Gutierrez, OP
Slide31Familiar ideas continue to smolderWhat does the Bible say and who should interpret it?How do faith and culture interact?How can tradition (history, past practice) and reason (present conditions) coexist?Is there a “happy balance” of inward holiness
and outward righteousness?
Slide32Seekers
Slide33Young traditionalists
Slide34Increasing numbers with no religiousaffiliation or experience
Slide35Recession of the church from publicprominence
Slide36And as the “center of mass” moves south,non-Europeans expect to have a voice
Slide37Slide38We end where we began